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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN
EDINBURGH
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HERB. HORT. EDINB.
Flora of Belize
Darwin Initiative Project - Developing Integrated Assessment of
Biodiversity in Secondary Forest in Belize
Clusiaceae
Garcinia intermedia (Pittier) Hammel
Det by R.Akers on Jul 07
Belize: Stann Creek District, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife
Sanctuary, 1km SE from visitors centre, 50m along & 30m north
of the Tiger Fern Trail, plot 4.
16° 46’ 59.1" N 88° 27° 12.6" W (WGS84)
Tropical evergreen, lowland, seasonal, broadleaf forest:
Yucatan variant, canopy height 17+m, 80% canopy cover.
Understory is dense layer of Polybotrys caudata, young Attalea
cohune, Costus pulverulentus, Calathea micans, and numerous
Psychotria and Miconia sp.
Altitude: 100m
Red clay-based soil in floodplain of tributary to South Stann
Creek, granite bedrock with occasional limestone pockets.
2.5m tree, 2cm dbh, copious lemon yellow sap.
Goodwin, Zoé Africa 294 05 Nov 2006
with S. George, N. Mora, |. Chan,
S. Bridgewater & P. Walker
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Me@60564
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